I stopped listening after the "puppy love" bit... but, I get where Palki is coming from. It HURT, but from a practical place they have little choice here.
Is there any hope Shakti will come back for sure? NO. So, they had 3 choices:
1) Someone else plays Kria - Fans would hate this and Palki has been through the 3 Ridhimma drama & probably doesn't want a repeat.
2) New lead 2 partner with Rey - where he is not initially interested but, then slowly maybe the circumstances become right and he is able to move on... but, for that to happen then next story must be even more intense! I don't know if or how they will manage to do that...but, that is their problem. And to do it they have to say Kriyaansh was "puppy love" not "true love"... If they are able to pull that of "Creatively" then I will be IMPRESSED cuz the problem they have and not completely of their own making given Shakti's decision is that - they depicted Ray as basically always "in love" with Kriya even after the slap. Now to say it was "puppy love" is RIDICULOUS, but that's the only way a new "love" story can be created...
3. Rey - alone, akela, tanhaa - how long would any audience no matter how dedicated watch that? Its supposed to be about Dil as well as Dance & Dostii... so, this would be difficult beyond a month or more.
In sum, they are in a NO WIN situation...and they were trying to reassure fans, but their choice of words was rather poor... Same goes for the SwaRon interview - it was to diffuse rumours that Shakti does not get along with them. Am not a TRP contributor, so I least deserve an opinion here, but thought i would share since I do have one. That said please, don't tomatar me if I overstepped.
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And to be absolutely fair to Palki - Rey's love was always "undeclared" - its depth or lack there of btwn him and Swayam... Had it been explicitly stated btwn Kreyaansh then I wud encourage them to dig their way to China š¤¢
Edited by AnjanaYYZ - 13 years ago